The name Ludwig is ranked on the 8,667th position of the most used names. It means that this name is commonly used.

We estimate that there are at least 30300 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ludwig has six characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.

The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Ludwig for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:

History and Origin

Ludwig is an Old High German given name. Etymologically, the name can be traced back to the Germanic name Hludwig, composed of Hlud or Hluth meaning "famous", and Wig meaning "war". Nicknames are Ludva, Ludia, Luděk, Viky.

Ludwig IV, Grand Duke of Hesse and by Rhine (1877–1892) (also known in English as Louis IV)

In literature:

Emil Ludwig, a German writer

Ludwig Bemelmans, an American author and children's book writer and illustrator

Ludwig Thoma, a German author

Ludwig Tieck, a German poet

Ludwig Uhland, a German poet

In medicine:

Ludwig Aschoff, a German physician and pathologist

In music:

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer and pianist

Ludwig-Musser, manufacturer of drums and percussion instruments

Ludwig Minkus, an Austrian composer and violin virtuoso

Ludwig Spohr (1784–1859), German composer, violinist and conductor.

In philosophy:

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher who contributed several ground-breaking works to contemporary philosophy

Ludwig Andreas Feuerbach, a German philosopher

In physics and chemistry:

Ludwig Boltzmann, an Austrian physicist

Ludwig Prandtl, a German physicist

Ludwig Mond, a German chemist

In politics:

Ludwig Erhard, a West German chancellor

Ludwig Scotty, president of Nauru

Count Ludwig von Cobenzl, an Austrian diplomat and politician

In other fields:

Ludwig Beck, a German general in Nazi Germany, who was involved in an assassination plot against Hitler

Carl Ludwig Koch, a German entomologist

Ludwig Müller, leader of the Protestant Reich Church

Ludwig Leichhardt, a Prussian explorer

Ludwig Ortiz, a Venezuelan judoka

Ludwig Rödl, a German chess master

Ludwig von Benedek, an Austrian general

Ludwig von Erlichshausen, grand master of the Teutonic Knights

Ludwig Gehre, a German resistance fighter during World War II

Ludwig Binswanger, a Swiss psychiatrist

Ludwig Schläfli, a Swiss geometer who made important contributions to higher-dimensional spaces

Ludwig von Bertalanffy, an Austrian-born biologist known as one of the founders of general systems theory.

Ludwig, Elephant at the Munich Zoo

German: from an old Germanic personal name composed of the elements hlud fame + wīg warrior. It is thus etymologically the same as French Louis. Ludwig was a royal and imperial name, especially in Bavaria, which Louis the German (Ludwig der Deutsche) had received as his portion of his father's empire when the latter divided it in 817. See also Louis, Ludovic.
Cognates: Scandinavian: Ludvig. Dutch: Lodewijk. Polish: +udwik. Czech: Ludvík. Hungarian: Lajos. French: Louis.
Pet form: German: Lutz.

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